Obesity Linked to Poor Prognosis for Some Breast Cancer Patients
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The researchers also found that obese patients are more likely than overweight, normal or underweight patients to be diagnosed with a rare, aggressive and deadly form of locally advanced breast cancer, known as inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). (article 1)
Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC), which is cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes, accounts for about 5 percent of all breast cancers in the United States. (article 1)
At the launch of the U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research, Bush and Margarita Zavala spoke of improving education and doing away with stigmas attached to breast cancer so women will not be afraid to get medical help. (article 2)
Through the partnership, which will eventually be extended to Brazil and Costa Rica, U.S. and Mexican specialists will collaborate to fight breast cancer. (article 2)
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation will play a role training Mexican women to become breast cancer advocates, and has already given workshops in the capital and the northern city of Monterrey, Bush said. (article 2)
About 4,200 women die of breast cancer each year in Mexico, and the number is increasing, said Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of the foundation. (article 2)
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cancer, breast, satb, cells, Kohwi |
Source articles
- Obesity Linked to Poor Prognosis for Some Breast Cancer Patients (Washington Post, 03/14/2008, 678 words)
- Laura Bush launches cancer alliance with Mexico (USA Today, 03/14/2008, 219 words)
- 'Crime Boss' Gene May Spur Breast Cancer (Washington Post, 03/12/2008, 611 words)
- cell division and cancer (Nature Journals, 03/15/2008, 333 words)
- TOPIC OF 'CANCER' (NY Post, 03/14/2008, 457 words)
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